Orioles stay hot under manager Showalter

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CLEVELAND(AP) -- Buck Showalter took the Baltimore Orioles' new
hit show on the road and produced another win.

Felix Pie hit the first of four home runs by the Orioles in a
14-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night,
Showalter's first road game since taking over as manager.

"It's real fun to be an Oriole right now," rookie right-hander
Jake Arrieta said after the Orioles improved to 7-1 with
Showalter in command.

Arrietta (4-3) allowed five earned runs over six innings to win
for the first time in five starts.

"Tonight, it was offense," said Showalter, whose starting
pitchers had posted a 1.89 ERA on a 6-1 homestand after he took
over.

"You like to see runs tacked on to give you a little security,
if there is such a thing in the American League," Showalter
continued. "You could see early on that runs were not going to
be at a premium."

Pie's three-run drive over the center field wall off Justin
Masterson (4-11) with two outs in the fifth gave Baltimore a 7-6
lead. It came after Arrieta fell behind 6-4 by allowing five
runs in the bottom of the fourth after the Orioles had taken a
4-1 lead with four runs in the top half.

"That's disappointing," Masterson said. "You have the lead and
you want to keep it. You feel like you let down everyone else.
He (Pie) struck it well. We tried to make him put a ball in
play, and he (really) put a ball in play."

Corey Patterson hit a solo homer in the sixth, then Matt Wieters
had a two-run shot and Luke Scott another three-run drive during
the Orioles' six-run eighth.

The Orioles still have the worst record in the majors at 39-74
and worst on the road (15-40). Cleveland has lost eight of its
last 10 at home.

"We could have a few more wins with fewer walks and fewer
errors," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "We need to face it
and we need to get better."

Scott had four RBIs and the 6-thru-9 batters in Baltimore's
order totaled eight hits, seven runs and nine RBIs. The Orioles
were 7 for 10 with runners in scoring position and are 29 for 70
(.414) under Showalter.

Asdrubal Cabrera's run-scoring single gave Cleveland a 1-0 lead
in the third.

Both teams sent nine men to bat in the fourth. The Orioles'
four-run half included an error, a wild pitch, two walks, three
hits and a spectacular play by Cabrera at shortstop.

Scott had an RBI double and Adam Jones put Baltimore ahead 2-1
with a run-scoring groundout. With a runner on third, Pie lined
a shot off Masterson's left foot. Cabrera, moving to his left,
stopped in his tracks, dived to his right and caught the ball
barehanded, then threw out the speedy Pie from a sitting
position.

"I was mad," Pie said. "I couldn't believe it."

Wieters and Cesar Izturis added RBI singles to make it 4-1.

Shin-Soo Choo's two-run double capped Cleveland's five-run
bottom half. Cabrera was thrown out trying to score from first
on the bases-loaded drive into the right field corner.

"It was just kind of glad to be out of the inning," Arrieta
said. "I just lost command of offspeed pitches in that inning."

Trevor Crowe doubled home a run, stole third, and scored on a
groundout by Luis Valbuena. Michael Brantley's two-out RBI
single tied it at 4. Brantley had a two-run homer in the ninth.

Baltimore's first four batters combined to hit for the cycle in
the eighth off Frank Herrmann. Pie doubled and scored on Wieters
homer. Patterson tripled and scored on a single by Izturis to
make it 11-6.

Masterson gave up four earned runs over five innings, dropping
to 5-17 in 32 starts since being acquired from Boston in July
2009.

NOTES: Cleveland acquired C Luke Carlin from Pittsburgh for a
player to be named and sent him to Triple-A Columbus. Carlin has
a .252 average in 46 career games with San Diego (2008) and
Arizona (2009). He hit .239 for the Pirates' Triple-A team at
Indianapolis this year. ... The Indians signed RHPs Cole Cook
and Nate Striz, their fifth and 22nd draft picks, respectively.
Cleveland's top four picks are unsigned with the deadline Monday
at midnight. ... Orioles 3B Josh Bell, in a 3-for-22 slump,
didn't start. He was a defensive replacement in the ninth. ...
The Orioles improved to 19-46 at Progressive Field since the
ballpark opened in 1994 - with Arrieta only the eighth Baltimore
starter to earn a win.